These mountain passes may have to close during the Christmas season – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Christmas traffic will flow normally. The Road Traffic Management Centre is concerned, the mountain passes.

The report Public Roads Administration to Dagbladet.

Rods mountain passes

Today closed Highway 13 over Vikafjellet because of landslides. On E134 is the convoy. Other mountain passes in danger of and wholly or partially had to be closed during the Christmas season if the weather dictates it.

It tells Therese Thowsen, fagruppeleder for Road Traffic Management Centre to Dagbladet.

– So stay tuned on weather and traffic reports before you sit in the car, the advice from Thowsen Christmas motorists who will be crossing mountain to get to Christmas celebrations in time.

Dagbladet has updated traffic reports here.

These roads should follow with the

Other mountain passes one should keep a close eye on the E10 over Bjørnfjell and E6 of Salt Mountain.

– They closes at 17:00 on Christmas Eve and opens again at 12:00 on Christmas Day, says Thowsen.

She adds that road traffic center will continuously provide information on the traffic situation, even at Christmas.

Winter and Christmas closed

In addition to the already mentioned mountain passes, the county 51 of Valdres Mountain closed in winter. The road does not open again until the spring.

– It has been decided that the road will not be maintained in winter, says Thowsen, which assures that NPRA road traffic control centers around the country will observe the traffic throughout the Christmas season.

– Bring food, clothing and tow rope

If you run far at Christmas, the recommendation from both NPRA and Roads abundantly clear: be prepared if something unexpected happens.

– Bring warm clothes, shoes and happily tow rope too. Include food and hot drinks, says Marit Brandtsegg, director of traffic safety, environment and technology Roads Dagbladet.

Juletid is ulykkestid

Traditionally Christmas time festival also for traffic accident. The last five years have averaged four people died in the Christmas traffic every year. In the same period, averaging happened 113 accidents every year.

Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen asking all motorists to act responsibly in traffic this year.

– When you rush a lot and will stretch much, things can quickly go wrong, says Solvik-Olsen Dagbladet.

Stress down, the message from the transport minister, who is reluctant to face an equally bleak accident statistics as last year. Until last November, there were 195 accidents. It’s almost 50 more than this year.

During the Christmas traffic last year killed five people.